But all of these pitches also belong to the F major scale (F, G, A, B b, C, D, and E). This is a very good indication that this melody is in the key of C major. All of these pitches belong to the C major scale (C, D, E, F, G, A, and B). Music notes must be played successively from left to right to obtain the ascending scale, or from right to left for the descending scale.As you can see, this melody uses the pitches C, D, E, F, G, and A. You will notice that only the white piano keys are used. Chords of B major scaleĬhord VII : A♯ diminished (Notes: A♯ C♯ E) The leading Tone of B Major is A sharp, because A sharp is the degree VII and is distant to a seventh major of the tonic, or an half step (semitone ) lower than the tonic). Parallel Key of B Major (or homonymous key) is B minor scale, here is the B harmonic minor scale :

The relative minor key of B Major is G sharp minor and below if the G sharp minor natural scale: Parallel Key of B Major Here is B Major scale in most common clefs: treble clef, bass clef, tenor clef and alto clef.īelow is the B major scale in treble clef:īelow is the B major scale in tenor clef: The key signature of B Major has five sharps (5♯). : 1 Tone / 1 Tone / 1 semitone / 1 Tone / 1 Tone / 1 Tone / 1 semitone

:1 Whole step / 1 Whole step / 1 half step / 1 Whole step / 1 Whole step / 1 Whole step / 1 half step Like all other major scales, B major scale is composed by this sequence of whole steps and half steps (tones and semitones ): The names of the notes in the B Major scale are: B C♯ D♯ E F♯ G♯ A♯ The B Major scale has just a five sharps (5 ♯) and according to the order of sharps they are the F sharp, C sharp, G sharp, D sharp and the A sharp (F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯ & A♯).

B flat major scale treble and bass clef